by Wadesboro | Oct 3, 2019 | Wadesboro
The author, Steve Bailey, is outreach coordinator at the Anson County Historical Society. Information for this article comes from the Oct. 16, 1888, issue of the Messenger-Intelligencer which was published in Wadesboro from 1888-1923. Polkton Baptist Church,...
by Wadesboro | Oct 3, 2019 | Wadesboro
(Photo courtesy of wideopenspaces.com) The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. Over a period of several months in the late 1960s, my Ohio hometown was beset with numerous sightings of a large cat-like animal...
by Wadesboro | Sep 26, 2019 | Wadesboro
By Bruce Shankle III I was invited with my fiancé, Emily Granholm (Paw barista!), to tag along with John Springer to learn how corn is harvested here in Anson County. John gave me his permission to share the video I made and I think it’s very interesting to see corn...
by Wadesboro | Sep 26, 2019 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. What is the best age to start a new business? That number may be higher than you think. When we think of entrepreneurs, we typically envision someone relatively young,...
by Wadesboro | Sep 24, 2019 | Wadesboro
The author, Steve Bailey, is outreach coordinator at the Anson County Historical Society. Mary Ann Sheffield Dunn (1759-1862) and her husband Isaac Dunn (1754-1836) arrived in Anson County during the early part of the Revolutionary War and settled in a large log...
by Wadesboro | Sep 19, 2019 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. This post originally appeared here. Tomorrow, Sept. 20, hundreds of students from Anson County elementary schools will converge on Uptown Wadesboro for the inaugural K-5...
